Its pretty clear that the poster of the parent comment isn't sentient, they're just regurgitating information they've been fed, they don't understand the deeper meaning of the things they say. The poster may be an AI, but they are not "alive", this debate is silly.
> I think lawyers would argue that by knowingly allowing some to violate your copyright you're left with less legal standing when others do the same.
IANAL, TINLA, etc.
Copyrights aren't quite as strict in that regard as patents and trademarks, but OTOH what's being violated here is primarily trademarks (an independent recreation of the appearance of an AT-AT in model form doesn't necessarily violate copyright in the way that copying or modifying 3D files and producing models from them would), and doubly so if the models are actually sold as "AT-AT Walkers" with or without the "Star Wars" brand.
An independent recreation like this is definitely a derivative work under copyright, but derivative works are often permitted under fair use. Whether this use would ultimately be permitted by a court is unknown, but a case can be made either for or against it, which is why any lawsuit by the competent folks at Disney would largely rest on the clear trademark violation, with the copyright claims thrown in for good measure just to drive up the legal costs; and since the fair use angle is definitely arguable you can't characterize it as a SLAPP and you can't really fault Disney for being willing to argue it in court. Vigorously, and at length.
Anyway, all this is besides the real point, which many many people over the years have learned:
All we need to do is scale this to planet size, it could be like a tube belt around the earth, and you could probably accelerate less aggressively with that much runway.
A trillion strong caravan of criminals is approaching the border, chanting "death to middle class white men". You must elect a authoritarian that will rob you clean while blaming a bunch of folks with nothing for all the ills of society, its the only solution.
No, you gotta bring in the riff raff from else where because the spoiled homegrown corn fed piggies aren't breeding fast enough to maintain the economic ponzi scheme of eternal economic growth that requires more people tomorrow to pay for the debts of today.
Doomscrolling to me is using my thumb to move the algorithmically delivered scary news around on the phone screen, slowly becoming more and more anxious as the result.
